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writes:I have been dating this guy for almost two years now. keyword dating. We have never been official boyfriend and girlfriend, though we act like it and call each other it. we both have made many mistakes in this relationship and have gone our seperate way plenty of times. He has made many serious ones, where as I have not. He had a bad childhood and saw his father do bad things to his mother, and he follows right in his footsteps. He has done stupid immature things to me and has cheated on me. I stopped talking to him for good when I finally found out, even though I had always known. I just wanted proof so I can hear it out of his mouth and there could be no more lies. I did not speak to him for almost a month and a half. He called me a couple times, left voicemails, had his friends call me and text me, and I would not answer him. Finally I ran into him and we began talking again. He began to finally open his eyes when me and him got back together. All the things that i would always try to make him understand and i would fight with him over, he realizes it now. ive seen him cry about it and about his father and how he is just like his dad and he hates it. he wants to change and that was the first time in two years that i ever saw him like this or heard him speak to me this way. He always thought i was just nagging at him and now he understands. He stopped hanging out with his dirtbag friends, he began working again, he was calling me, he would call me everytime he was going out to do something and everything was getting better. Still, evertime i have an attitude with something he just screams and flips out and says hes done. Every arguement he says hes done. I explained to him that he can't just turn around and run, but that relationships are hard and you have to work through it, and it is going to take time for it to work. He got better for a awhile but now me and him are no longer talking. He said that me and him are not in a relationship, but were together. He wants a future with me, and he is in love with me but he does not want "boyfriend girlfriend". We cant date other people becasue were still with each other but he does not want to be committed and i think that makes no sense...do you?We got into a big fight that got blown out of proportion and we left off on bad terms and have not spoken since. he says that I need to understand that hes happy with where were at but it need times to grow but i dont understand what the difference is. I feel as is he is not into me, or that he wants to still screw around before getting serious or its just me..do you have any idea what his deal is?
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reader, Ginalolabridga  + ♥, writes (24 November 2009):
 He has learned behaviour form his father from a child, most probably saw things a child should never see, and i think all these things has made his way of thinking scrambled?
He probably saw his father get his own way learned that by being a certain way he would get it, when you confront him he does'nt like that cause he wants it all to be his way or no way.
He does not like confrontations which would tell me he is basically running from his problems, adult people learn to behave and correct problems in an adult manner, his problem is that he has'nt learnt that yet?
Now that might be due to the way he saw his parents behave and he thinks by mimicking that behaviour things will be ok, but as you clearly see it does'nt work like that, relationships are hard work and should never be one way.
I think he will have a hard time commiting to you unless he addresses his problems, becasue he seems fine when it is all his way and no confrontations, but as soon as there is an inkling of arguments or change he runs.
You both would need to talk all this over becasue he wont change unless it is pointed out to him he has too, because his behaviour is unreasonable and cant be all his way or nothing.
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reader, xanthic + ♥, writes (24 November 2009):
 You're right, it makes no sense that he says he wants to be exclusive but doesn't want to call you his girlfriend. There's definitely something going on he's not telling you, and sadly I doubt he'll ever tell you why he feels that way.
You should be paying attention to his actions more than his words. If he really wanted the relationship to become more serious, it would've progressed by now. He wants all the benefits of one, while still appearing unattached in case someone else comes along. Seriously, if his mind wasn't elsewhere he wouldn't be treating you as someone he's only seeing after two years.
Although it will definitely be hard to do, I think you should move on and find someone that will respect you enough to acknowledge you as their significant other.
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